SWeaster's Ham Page

These are amateur radio related places that we found interesting. They are in no particular order.
Revised on January 18, 2001.

New! A comparison of radio servicesavailable to the American Public and Businesses including their intended purposes and licensing requirements, if any.

On-line Amateur Radio Study Help forums sponsored by ADI Radio
If you want to study on your own, check out HamTest.com
The Lorain County Amateur Radio Association is online.
Visit Lorain County (Ohio) Skywarn.
Weather related KC8BED Repeater modes and how to identify them.
Lorain County Red Cross Radio Room VHF and UHF Frequency Lists
The Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society NOARS is also online.
Visit our good neighbors to the west at FARA, the Firelands Amateur Repeater Association and the Sandstone Amateur Repeater Association.
Interested in transmitter (fox) hunting? Check out the Buckeye Transmitter Hunters Association online.

Look up an Amateur Radio Callsign in QRZ , Buckmaster's World Wide HamCallTM Server, or right from the horse's mouth at theFCC.
Look up radio license data for businesses at PerConor the FCC web site.
The Online Ham Radio Magazine Ham Radio Online

Here's links to Farmer Dave's (WB8TMR) Home Pages on Kellnet and on ATT Broadband.
KB8KTB's home page.
Visit the Ohio Area Repeater Council. These are the folks who coordinate ham repeater frequency assignments here in Ohio. They also work with the adjacent states' coordinators.

Here's the straight scoop on two-way radio services available to hobbiests, the general public, and businesses in the U.S.

Would you like reliable short range communications with family members who are not Hams and have no interest in radio as a hobby? You might be interested in the new Family Radio Service. This service allows up to 1/2 watt on UHF and no licenses are needed. Here are a couple of links to FRS-related information.

Family Radio Service (FRS) Information is an excellent, privately run site that discusses both the pros and cons of the Family Radio Service.
FRS Frequency List and Operating Rules

If the Family Radio Service lacks the range and flexibility that your family needs, you might be a candidate for the General Mobile Radio Service. This licensed radio service allows up to 50 watts on UHF and even permits repeaters to vastly increase your distance. A FCC license is needed but no examination is required and one license covers your entire immediate family. Here are a couple of links to GMRS-related information.

GMRS Web Magazine has articles and links to other GMRS and FRS related information.
Visitors and Moderators at the DougWeb Forums can answer all your questions about FRS, GMRS, Amateur, even Business Radio systems and licensing.
The Personal Radio Steering Group is the same thing to the General Mobile Radio Service that the ARRL is to Amateur Radio. Read about issues of interest to both licensed GMRS and unlicensed PRS operations.
GMRS Frequency List, Operating Rules and Power Limitations by Frequency

Note that the first seven FRS frequencies coincide with the seven GMRS interstitial frequencies and the last seven FRS channels are squeezed between the eight GMRS repeater input frequencies.

Another listing of FRS, GMRS and other frequencies of interest all in one place.

Drop us a note if you have comments or suggestions for other interesting links.

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